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Canon 1

Si quis presbyter aut diaconus aut clericus symbolum, quod sancto inspirante Spiritu apostoli tradiderunt et fidem sancti Athanasii presulis inreprehensibiliter non recensuerit, ab episcopo condempnetur.

(ed. de Clercq 1963: 319)

Canon 1

If a presbyter or deacon or cleric is not able to recite faultlessly the Apostolic Symbol, which the apostles passed on by the inspiration of Holy Spirit, and the Creed of Saint Athanasius, the Bishop [of Alexandria], he should be condemned by [his] bishop.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Autun

About the source:

Title: Council of Bishop Leudegarius of Autun, Concilium Leudegarii episcopi Augustodunensis anno 663/680
Origin: Autun (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

The Council of Bishop Leudegarius of Autun was preserved only fragmentarily in three 9th-century codices. We know nothing of the participants apart from the Bishop Leudegarius himself whose years of pontificate encompass a period during which, at some point, the synod was held.

Apart from canon 1, all canons concern the monks.

Edition:

C. de Clercq ed., Concilia Galliae a. 511-a. 695, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 148 A, Turnhout 1963.

Translation:

J. Gaudemet, B. Basdevant, Les canons des conciles mérovingiens VIe-VIIe siècles, Sources chrétiennes 353, Paris 1989.

Categories:

Education - Insufficient education

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

Public law - Ecclesiastical

Relation with - Bishop/Monastic superior

Administration of justice - Ecclesiastical

Administration of justice - Excommunication/Anathema

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1636, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1636